Combined blacking box holder and foot rest



(No Model.)

G. W. GADD.

COMBINED BLAGKING BOX HOLDER AND FOOT REST.

.Z69,192 Patented 1360.19; 1882.

I JV VEW' TOR.

* UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GADD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,192, dated December19, 1882.

Application filed March 28, 1882. (No model.)

To an whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GADD, of

the city of Indianapolis, county of Marion, and

State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Blacking-Box Holder and Foot-Rest, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my said invention is to produce a combined blacking-boxholder and footrest in which said holder and the box of blacking,heldthereby shall be retained beneath said foot-rest when not in use, butwherein the pressure of the foot of the user when placed upon said restshall operate to throw said holder and blacking sidewise from beneathsaid foot-rest. The object is accomplished by mounting said box-holderon an arm, pivoting said arm to the under side of said foot-rest, andattaching a lever to said foot-rest which shall rest against said arm atone end and project up so as to be pressed against by the foot of theuser, and thus operated to force said arm and box-holder out where theblacking can be reached for use.

.Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figurel is a top or plan view of my improved device, the box-holder beingforced out as when in use; Fig. 2, an under side plan of the same, thebox-holder being in its ordinary position, the position illustrated byFig. 1 being shown by dotted lines; Fig. 3, a side elevation of thesame; and Fig. 4a transverse vertical sectional view as seen whenlooking to the left from the dotted line .77 x.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent the frame-work orfoot-rest proper of my invention; A, a cross-bar thereon for sustainingthe swinging arm; B, the swinging arm carrying the blacking-box holder;0, said blacking'box holder; D in Fig. 3, a blackingbox in said holder;E, a spring whereby the arm B, holder 0, and the blacking-box are heldbeneath the foot-rest, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, when not forcedtherefrom; and F, a lever by which the foot of the operator is enabledto throw said parts outin the position shown by Fig. 1, where theblacking can be reachedfor use. f

The operation of my invention is as follows:

I A box of blacking, D, is secured in the holder 0 by means of a clamp,c, and clamp-screw c, or otherwise. The holder through its arm B issecured to the frame-work A by the pivot b, and swings laterallythereon, being also sustained by the bar or guide A. The spring E holdssaid arm, holder, and box in the position shown by Fig. 2 until asufficient force is applied to overcome that of the spring. When it isdesired to use the device the heel of the user presses down the lever F,(which is pivoted to the frame-work A by the pivotf,) throwing the armand bolder around into the positions shown in Fig. 1, rendering theblacking in the box accessible. When the foot is removed and thepressure on the lever F thus relieved the force of the springautomatically draws the holder, 850., back to the former position. Thusthe blacking is brought into a position where it is accessible for use,and returned to its covered position, withoutany necessity of touchingit or its holder with the hand, and a frequentcause of soilingthe handsis thus avoided.

Having thus fully described my said invention, whatI claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with a foot-rest, of a blacking-box holder securedthereto bya pivot, on which it is adapted to move laterally, a springadapted to hold said holder in position beneath said rest until forcedout, and means whereby the pressure of the foot of the user will forcesaid holder from beneath said rest, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the rest A, holder B 0, spring E, and lever F,substantially as set forth.

3. A combined blacking-box holder and footrest wherein the holder ispivoted beneath the sition by the pressure of the foot of the user,substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, atIndianapolis, Indiana, this 25th day of March, A. D. 1882.

GEO. W. GADD. .[L. s.] In presence of- (J. BRADFORD, I CHAS. L. THURBER.

rest, and is adapted, by means substantially as specified, to be forcedlaterally from its'po-

